Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 10

Poor Liquidity: -1
Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Reasonable growth: +1
Fundraising costs low: +3

No conflicts policy: -1
Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 13

BRITISH YOUTH MUSIC THEATRE

BYMT is the UK's national organisation providing musical theatre activities for young people across the UK. It is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation (NPO). Its core programme links young people from their local/regional productions into formal training at drama school or conservatoire. BYMT also run a variety of other open access projects, courses and schools workshops.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22		£1,572	£1,450	£122	£51	£30	£30	0.3	9	0
31/12/21		£1,549	£1,490	£59	£57	£-91	£-97	-0.8	7	3
31/12/20	*	£500	£477	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/12/19	*	£1,241	£1,274	£-34	£36	£-172	£-172	-1.6	7	2
31/12/18		£1,289	£1,354	£-64	£26	£-139	£-139	-1.2	7	10
31/12/17?		£1,104	£1,083	£21	£21	£-95	£-95	-1.1	6	0
31/03/16	*	£1,181	£1,201	£-20	£4	£-265	£-265	-2.7	8	0
31/03/15	*	£946	£1,052	£-107	£71	£-245	£-245	-2.8	9	0
31/03/14		£1,372	£1,201	£171	£83	£-138	£-138	-1.4	9	0
31/03/13		£784	£775	£9	£74	£-309	£-309	-4.8	6	0
31/03/12		£963	£962	£1	£394	£-318	£-318	-4	8	0
31/03/11		£692	£690	£2	£295	£-319	£-319	-5.5	8	0
31/03/10?		£963	£1,152	£-189	£576	£-321	£-321	-3.3	6	0
31/10/08		£886	£864	£22	£375	£-132	£-132	-1.8	8	0
31/10/07		£769	£709	£60	£709	£-154	£-154	-2.6	6	0
31/10/06		£467	£534	£-67	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/05	*	£377	£484	£-107	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 90%
Liabilities/Income: 18%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 0.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0

Asset Split ?

Established: 20 years

www.britishyouthmusictheatre.org

clarerussell@bymt.org

02085637725

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

9 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£392,462
John Ellerman Foundation	£90,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£40,000
The Foyle Foundation	£35,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£20,000	28/11/2023	towards core costs and support for relocation to Leeds in 2024/25
John Ellerman Foundation - Core costs - staff salaries, occupancy, IT, marketing & development
£90,000	28/09/2023	Core costs - staff salaries, occupancy, IT, marketing & development
DCMS - National Youth Music Organisations
£72,481	23/03/2021	The National Youth Music Organisations, co-funded with the Department for Education (DfE), develop talented young musicians across a range of musical genres. Through concerts, residencies, summer ....more The National Youth Music Organisations, co-funded with the Department for Education (DfE), develop talented young musicians across a range of musical genres. Through concerts, residencies, summer schools and workshops, National Youth Music Organisations play a major role in sustaining the excellence and diversity of the British music scene.
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£15,000	24/11/2020	towards ongoing costs over the next 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
DCMS - NYMO Restricted Grant 20/21
£72,481	01/04/2020	We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
DCMS - BYMT CRF
£165,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - BYMT CRF
£82,500	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£40,000	07/02/2020	BYMT Core Creative Programme
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£16,000	25/04/2019	towards two summer productions for young female artists in 2019
Woodward Charitable Trust - Open-access courses for young people
£4,950	27/06/2007	Towards open-access courses for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Residential open access music theatre courses
£4,900	27/06/2006	Towards residential open access music theatre courses in 2006 throughout the country for disadvantaged young people

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-66

FRANCESCA UNSWORTH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

ALASTAIR ROBERTS Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Chief Operating Officer

JAMES JEWELL Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Company Director

PHILIP MATTHEW SIDDLE Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Trade Union Official

ANIELA SHUCKBURGH Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Consultant, Other trusteeship: MAGIC BREAKFAST,

ROGER JONES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Minister Of Religion, Other trusteeship: MY TIME FOR YOUNG CARERS,

SIMON MARK MILLSON (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Consultant, Other trusteeships: OMNIBUS - CLAPHAM, KALEIDOSCOPE DIVERSITY TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/04/2004, number: 1103076
Registered at Companies House on 04/12/2003, number: 04985332

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

17 returns made; AR20: 59 days late, AR19: 38 days late, AR16: 43 days late, AR15: 11 days late, AR05: 29 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from GODS AND MONSTERS THEATRE LIMITED on 15/12/2023

Main office

British Youth Music Theatre
Mountview
120 Peckham Hill Street
London
SE15 5JT

Objectives

TO PROMOTE MAINTAIN IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS BY THEIR PARTICIPATION AND INVOLVEMENT WITH ALL ASPECTS OF THE PERFORMANCE OF EDUCATIONAL MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS INCLUDING THEATRE DANCE DRAMS MUSIC SINGING LITERATURE SCULPTURE AND PAINTING AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS GENERALLY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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